Uplifting Prose Poems

One person cannot make a difference the naysayer argues.
But I do not take the bait, for I have learned.
Naysayers do not have a stopping point.

I...

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What is greater than a week full of uplifting joy, but also sadden by heartbreaking news. 
On Monday, March eleventh, my grandson’s wife after twenty-six...

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When I was younger 
a team of myself and twelve others 
spent time in a very harsh environment
an environment not suited for human habitation
it very...

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When I was a young girl, the dandelions that appeared in our neighborhood captivated me. I spent countless hours walking down the street plucking the...

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Our children make us proud
often to the point of silliness
we are in awe
and somewhat amazed 
at what they have achieved
at whom they have become
but knew...

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In the recognition ceremony during the Special School’s commencement exercises, I was ecstatic while witnessing my child jubilantly flashing his double thumbs’ up trademark gesture....

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I hope whoever is reading these words,
May they read into your life in some way
Let us go and walk down by the river's edge
Clear our...

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Just like a wish, whimsical as it stirs dreams and trembles with the rhythms of hope, my heart anticipates the beautiful in a setting sun,...

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Even though you're not here, 
I miss your morning meows
I've ignored you parting from me
But, you haven't gone anyhow. 

I remember six years ago, ...

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Lord, I need the quickening of my soul
…such is divine renascence
only made possible by Your compassion 
for me to be alive with regeneration-touch
while trusting You...

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Lunar Revelation

Like the moon
seeking fulfillment,
my thoughts hung dangling
in cosmic crescent and yin-yang
spaces of contemplation
until tell-tale gibbous moments
of awareness prefaced 
the paralleling of the full moon
reality...

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OF APOSTOLIC CHALLENGE

		I know the mask you wear
		is not you;
		nor are the hilarious snorts,
		silly giggles, and screams:
		the real you—beautiful
		soul—earlier reflected itself…

		A mask can not reflect
		what...

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JUXTAPOSED AWARENESS

On and within the fullness 
of this beautiful sunshine day,
I peacefully sit here pondering 
the present chaos of the world.

How awe confusing…it all is–
outside,...

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Some write for surface escape – 
a pleasant rhyme, a gently traveling
breeze of uplifting, fragrant, whimsical thought...

while others write with deeper scent and penetration... 

with...

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The pilot formally announced
the desired cruising height was reached.
At three hundred and forty knots
the plane flew like a cruise missile.

As I peered out of my...

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